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"Having a horse with crazy gaits and an eagerness to please at 5 years old is freaking me out because I’m really feeling the weight of the responsibility to not push too hard, too fast." ~ Lauren Sprieser

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Signs That Your Performance Horse Might Be Sore
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Question # 318: My horse and I are continuing on in training and he has really become much more balanced over all in the show jumping. Before he used to land and have such a large canter stride that it seemed like most of my focus was...
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Question # 284: While conditioning work is best done in the open with varying terrain, not everyone has access to the amount of open space, or open space with the right terrain or footing to do their conditioning rides...
A Trainer's Responsibility! (That's YOU!) (Current Freebie!)
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Monitor Your Horse's Stress Levels, For Best Results in Training
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 49: Respect: Essential for horse and rider
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 29: Focus to Create the Flow
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 28: The Power of Perspective!
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Question # 341: Amy has a question about a new horse she is riding, who is not a big fan of flatwork!
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Quin's Blog post # 2: The Ultimate Answer to Riding, the Universe, and Everything
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The Use of Patterns in the Training of Dressage
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Keeping the Older Horse Going Strong
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Bringing a Horse Back Into Work After Illness or Injury
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 62: Coping With Stress Part V: Gratitude
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 60: Coping with Stress and Anxiety: Part III - Getting Grounded
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 59: Coping with Stress and Anxiety: Part II - Connection
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 58: Coping with Stress and Anxiety - Part I: The Worry Bucket
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 57: Desperately Dependent or Fiercely Independent: Finding the right balance
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 37: Syntropy: A Flight of Fancy into the World or Theoretical Physics
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 36: It's All About Energy.. but what is energy?
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 35: The Power of Stories
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 34: When you lose a piece of your heart...
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 32: Confidence: Where can I get it?
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 31: Patience, Persistence, Optimism
Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 30: Slow Down to Go Faster
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Photo # 68: Hailey would like a conformation critique for her horse, a 16.2 hand Appendix!
Question # 184: How can I gauge whether or not my horse is becoming properly conditioned? Just don't want to assume they are because they do as I ask. (Joan)
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Brianna's Blog Post # 19: Head Position
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The Wiggly Worm Exercise
Video Discussion # 99: The question was asked, "Can you discuss how to encourage a horse to be as careful and smart as this horse is on the downhill at 4:45?"
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Horses that Tilt Their Head in Dressage
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The Difference Between a "Correction" and Punishment When Training Horses
Teach Your Horse to Better Follow Your Eye When Jumping
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Guest Blog post # 69: "Learning Lows - Part 4" by the famous Bad Eventer!
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Guest Blog post # 68: "You May, You Must!" by Bill Woods
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Advanced Grid Work - Adjustability Over Fences
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Question # 273: I'm wondering if you have any favorite exercises for strengthening a horse's back and building topline?
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How to Build Strength in Your Horse's Canter
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Bonnie's Blog Post # 4
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Question # 251: I’ve read your posts and seen some of your videos of you and Felix in the early days, his tantrums, etc. And I think you recently said they continued for seven years. My question is what made you not give up on him?
Guest Blog post # 50: "I've Got You" from the famous Bad Eventer!
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